The life-saving benefits of body armor have been well-documented, and law enforcement agency (LEA) body armor wear requirements have been cited by police officers as one of the most important reasons for them to wear body armor. However, research on LEAs' policies and practices regarding body armor is scarce. This study examined whether there are different agency-level profiles of various body armor-related policies, and related these body armor policy profiles to agency characteristics, size, location, etc. U.S. LEAs fell into four distinct profiles based on their body armor policies. Close to half of the LEAs had comprehensive coverage of body armor policies in all aspects. However, nearly one in five LEAs had very weak body armor policies in all aspects. The rest of the LEAs split into two groups, each with different strengths and weaknesses on selection, training, fitting, wearing, and inspection policies. Sheriff's offices and smaller LEAs were found to have weaker policies. In contrast, LEAs with a community policing emphasis and those with body armor grants were found to have stronger body armor polices, especially when it comes to mandatory wearing polices. Findings from the study provide a portrait of the current state of LEA body armor policies, and provide guidance for improving LEAs' body armor policies and practices.

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:防弹衣的挽救生命的好处已得到充分证明,并且执法机构(LEA)的防弹衣磨损要求已被警察引用为他们佩戴防弹衣的最重要原因之一。但是,关于LEA关于防弹衣的政策和实践的研究很少。这项研究检查了各种防弹衣相关政策是否具有不同的机构级档案,并将这些防弹衣档案与代理机构的特征,规模,位置等相关联。美国LEA根据其防弹衣政策分为四个不同的档案。近一半的LEA全面涵盖了防弹衣政策的各个方面。但是,几乎五分之一的LEA在各个方面的防弹衣政策都很薄弱。其他LEA分为两组,每组在选择,培训,装修,穿着和检查政策方面各有优缺点。警长办公室和较小的LEA被发现政策较弱。相比之下,人们发现,以社区治安为重点的LEA以及获得防弹衣津贴的LEA具有更强的防弹衣政策,尤其是在涉及强制性穿法政策时。该研究的结果提供了LEA防弹衣政策的当前状态的画像,并为改进LEA的防弹衣政策和实践提供了指导。

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